Detection of virulence factors and molecular typing of pathogenic Leptospira from capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris)

Current Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 461-464

  Jorge, Sérgio ^a   Monte, Leonardo G ^a   Coimbra, Marco Antonio ^a   Albano, Ana Paula ^a   Hartwig, Daiane D ^a   Lucas, Caroline ^a   Seixas, Fabiana K ^a   Dellagostin, Odir A ^a   Hartleben, Cláudia P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE PROTEIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE PROTEIN B; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CAPYBARA; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RODENT; RPOB GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LEPTOSPIRA; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR TYPING; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84865989688     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-012-0169-5     Document Type: Article

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